Tripti Dimri has replaced Deepika Padukone in Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Spirit. She will play the female lead opposite Prabhas. Although Deepika’s name had not been formally announced as the leading lady, neither party denied the rumour about her being Prabhas’ leading lady in the film.
Meanwhile, a major controversy has erupted with Vanga’s tweet about an actress who has been leaking the story of his film, which he had narrated her in good faith because he wanted to sign her. Not only has the actress left the project for another film but she is allegedly revealing plot points of Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s film story to outsiders.
Vanga’s long post on X (formerly Twitter) reads: “When I narrate a story to an actor, I place 100% faith. There is an unsaid NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement) between us. But by doing this, you’ve ‘DISCLOSED’ the person that you are… Putting down a younger actor and ousting my story? Is this what your feminism stands for? As a filmmaker, I put years of hard work behind my craft and for me, filmmaking is everything. You didn’t get it. You won’t get it. You will never get it. Aisa karo… Agli baar poori kahani bolna… kyunki mujhe jarra bhi farak nahi padta. (Next time, do this… reveal the entire story… because it doesn’t make any difference to me.) #dirtyPRgames. I like this kahawath (saying) very much 🙂 Khundak mein billi khamba noche! (When you can’t hit the person you’re mad at, you’ll hit the person nearest you!)”
Although Vanga hasn’t named the actress, it doesn’t require a genius to understand who he is talking about.
Incidentally, at last count, this explosive post of Vanga had garnered 14 million views!
